August 04, 1855

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Features

Wakefield's Hand Seed Planter

Wood Bearings for Journals and Shafts

Cementing the Soles of Boots and Shoes

Invention of Pottery

List of Patent Claims

Revolution in the Whaling Business

The Steam Fire Engine

Electricity

Government Steamers

Scientific Notes and Queries

New Mode of Vaccination

Street Sweeping Machines

Improvement in Water Wheels

Locomotion; Resistance of the Atmosphere

Fiendish Railroad Outrages

Steamship Burned

Freedom from Danger in Descending Wells

Gas Carbon

The American Institute

Complimentary Token

Gold in Oregon

Iron Shipbuilding

Post Office Management

Discovery and Invention

Gophers, Turtles, and Salamanders

Paris Exhibition, &C

Important Items

Mechanics

Inventors, and Manufacturers

The Art of Dyeing--No. 32

Departments

Letters

To Correspondents

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